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Antique MERWIN & BRAY Front Loading PLANT MFG. CO. SPUR TRIGGER Revolver CIVIL WAR ERA Revolver with WALNUT GRIPS!
Guns International #: 101564660 Seller's Inventory #: 201496
Category: Merwin & Hulbert Revolvers - Antique Revolvers - Cartridge
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Certified Check, Money Order
Description:
Antique MERWIN & BRAY Front Loading PLANT MFG. CO. SPUR TRIGGER Revolver
CIVIL WAR ERA Revolver with WALNUT GRIPS!
Here we present an antique Merwin & Bray Front Loading Plant Manufacturing Company Pocket Model Revolver, made circa 1865 in New Haven, Connecticut. Makers of revolvers during the American Civil War had three choices: 1) they could take their chances violating the Smith & Wesson owned Rollin White Patent for the concept of a “bored through cylinder” to accept metallic cartridges, 2) they could continue to make percussion guns with all of their disadvantages, or 3) they could invent their own concept that was both an improvement over percussion guns and circumvented the Rollin White Patent. The latter option is what Plant’s chose.
Plant’s Mfg. Co. was financed and represented by the famed firearms agents Merwin & Bray, hence their name on the cylinder. Their revolver featured a “cup-primed” and front-loading concept, which was among the best attempts to get around S&W’s 12-1/2 year stronghold on cartridge revolvers. They found relative success with the public rather than with the military.
The top of the barrel reads “PLANTS, MFG. CO. NEW HAVEN, CT”. The left barrel flat has “MERWIN & BRAY NEW YORK” engraved.
The overall condition is very good. Silver plate finish on the frame and blue finish on the barrel and cylinder that has turned plum with age. The action is strong, though lockup is intermittent. The markings are legible. Both grips are solid with minimal handling wear. A neat piece of history!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 5-1/2 inches.
Caliber: .42 Cup-Fire
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1195
#201496
SOLD
Antique: Yes